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What is the #unacceptable campaign?

Emergency services from across the south west are working together to highlight the unacceptable trend in the number of assaults on their staff whilst on duty, by launching a new campaign #Unacceptable.

Police, ambulance, fire and healthcare staff are regularly subjected to attacks including serious injury, verbal abuse, spitting and biting, and even sexual assault from those they are trying to help.

Over the last 12 months South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust (SWASFT) staff reported 1,049 incidents relating to violence and aggression with an increase of 97 reports for the same period in 2016/17.